Ellsworth American., 1887-06-23

psalms he might have selected that morn
ing without exciting the suspicion of the
English officers in their gay uniforms and
decorous demeanOr. But London Atus, the
ancestor Of all the Abuses, the ColOTed ser
want of Mr.. Lyon, had not been taken into
the confidence of the military leaders. In
some perch of negro pew, with a better
outdoor view than inside audience. he got
sight of armed men (Foster's band)
crossing foot bridge that connected two
islands on the falls. and giving an outcry,
lcapcd out Of the window. The English
officers followed his example, and by the
time Fosters force had reached the meet
ing house they had reached their vessel and
Jones. who was to have been made priS-
uner, had fed and sccretcd himself IN the
woods Captain Moor weighed anchor at
once and proceeded down the river fos-
ter and o'Brien then determined Ia seize
1pnes's sloops and pursue the cutter One
of these-thc polly-could not have been
in condition to be available. Perhaps
she was already too heavily laden. hut the
o'Bricns took possession of the Unity,
Jone>'s other >loop, and during the rest Of
SUNDAY mustered a crew of volunteers
numbering in all about forty men, and
Foster went to the East river to get a
schooner there aud volunteer crew 10
Join In the enterprise
Early IN the next morning they pro
cccdcd down the river from both villages.
The East river vessel got aground and had
no share III the battle OF the party on
board the | nifty only half had mu>kctS and
for these there were only three rounds of
ammunition The rest armed themselves
with pitchforkS and narrow axes, 50
sudden and impu>yc had been the cNPe-
diton that up to this time il had been an
. unorganizcd mob But as. with favor
ng wind they sailed down the river they
mad leisure e. complete their plans Jcrr-
miah o'Bricn, the oldest of the brothers
was made captain and Edmund Stevens
lieutenant. and knowing they had no pow
der T. waste in long shots they determined
- bear down upon the cncnK board her
and decide the contest nj once upon her
deck
Where was the East river schooner and
thcir brave commander? They did not
kno" they did not wait for her. Forty
und~Cipiincd men are In chase uf vessel
armed "ith sixteen sw!ycl- and four four
Founders. with a compliment of men
without any thought ~ the peril of their
adventure. The bravery at Lexington ami
Concord where several hundred militia
IH,u Hrcd upon rctrcatiug regulars from
h,h.ut trees. fences and etout. walls, or Of .
Bunker Hi. where mainly hchiud earth F.
works sheltered from shot wcll-arme1 .
lurn resisted three successive assaults of
q ,.ue of iIftlr. was certainly not greater F.
than that io not know ~ any feat ln +
all the war, or # any var. that for daring
and desperate courage can De compared .
vita Id
l. The >ionp opened out into the broad .
river hriow MaChiasport village the enemy
caute iu ~-Ai aud soon within haling Dis
tauop Moor hailed the -loop and told her
10 keep of or he would Hrc- pfriru
~huuird back demand for surrender, and
stevens An emphatic defiance Moor with
iyiI his Hrc AMI the hrcczc strengthening
>.i al, b. sails and tried Ia escape Il J.
cess u 80, tia. Captain Moor on,sI the
lu-> "f hi> vessel ani hi, lifc - hi- own
hc-.taiiuu | cannot thlnA in hs~ coward
WAen IT, Stood ont to WA again tlse
~ionp was close upon him and collision
AAi becumc unavoidable. So he opened
nry AMI KILLED. one man Oh huari The >lp"p
The ,inpp answered with ynlirF Of shot.
and soon Afterwards the vessels came iu-
g,'A"r and tohn o'Bricn lcaivd on h"ari
10, cutter. Then thcNc>-ci> swung apart
lctN!n. n'Bren alone pn the quarter drck
of 'hr enemy He SAYS seven Inu~krt~
werr nrcd Al him without effect. and when
af ,i h4!14iA X FL 15;Ae1 ,l5;1t ibtaafii ibtaafii1 sta d
ran the how-prii ~ the sloup through the
iuan-a.l Of the cutter and twenty NJ hi~
men armed with piichf"rk> n~hcd upon
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M .- l,- ,,-l{,h taut,jD Moor for
,.,..4d I,iI y,.s:cl and his Iif, wa, in not
80 m ,,L;I,. th.. .loou WAS
- ,,,i , ,.,rr,iy, mean, Of n.
80, 49, IT,, Whcu ,h. vessel. were
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9TH I'r naar f,.,i ,hn niJ.binman SIN
t,a, n,, in ,n,nm,nd t,as panic
.-;at, I'M AL l,.ln,y and yay. up the
t;, ~. rr,,I;.h ,,tHc.rs 0id not know
TIKI, .,t+,i7n;,iou ~ rh,ir enemy had
'''. ''.' .''i a,,I ,h.. a..a,i, ,,,. 10,
II ~, f,.r ,L. r.,nadina Of empty
-. T., hanJ-to-band contest q
...i'F1r,. ,'a, ,ic slender and elastic
,,,,i',,,,,,, ,,,,r fa,,ori,. now tnrn out. hnt
-,,.b . .tnrt and r,de double spear IL
Wooden Foster would forge upon Iii,
anvil. ,,t in a long ash pole-was a forInid-
abl,. weapon in the hands Of a man who
knew how to use it, The very novelty OF
tie wcapon. against which their tactics
and driIl had taught them no effective
guard NAV have di>mayed the marines.
n any rate the boarding Of the cutter
seem, 10 have been the end of the strife,
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